Texas Prisoners Donate Over $50,000 To Hurricane Harvey Recovery

Texas Prisoners Donate Over $50,000 To Hurricane Harvey Recovery
Inmates from the Jefferson County Jail unload bails of hay for cattle, as pastures are still filled with floodwater from the storm surge of Hurricane Ike Sept. 17, 2008, in Jefferson County Texas, Texas. Texas inmates donated over $50,000 to the American Red Cross over the month of September to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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Hurricane Harvey left thousands along the Texas coastline with water-ruined homes, months of cleanup, and enough hardship to move an unlikely group of people to donate—prisoners.

The hurricane, which hit Texas on Aug. 25, killed over 89 people as it dumped 40 inches of rain on Texas over four days. Around 30,000 people fled their homes, many of whom would lose everything.

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